If you have a blog and you are looking to make money through advertising, affiliates, or any other means, getting your site listed on Search Engines is a must. You will see the buzz words "Search Engine Optimization" or "SEO" around a lot, and often wonder what that means. Well, it means nothing more than getting listed on, and climbing up the rankings on any search engine. Many people nowadays use Google for their primary search engine, but there are many other search engines out there that people use quite frequently. I am going to give you two methods that I have successfully use, and as a result get daily traffic from.
One more important note, if you have people that are linking back to your site, it is also important that they have their sites submitted to search engines. Once those pages are tracked by the search engine, it will help you with your own rankings on the search engine. So make sure you tell your friends about these tips.
1. Google.com - As I stated before, Google is one of the most popular search engines, and as a result, it is extremely important to get listed on their site. Here is the page to do it: http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/index.html. One tip I can give you here is that the keywords you use are extremely important. What I suggest is that you go to the home page of google.com and do a search for various keywords in your topic. You should try to use the keywords in your topic, which have the lower amount of results, as well as the ones that have high results. For example, if I do a search for "flowers" it lists about 214,000,000 results. On the other hands, if I do a search for "planting flowers in pots" it only yields 514,000 results. So make sure you use both keywords. Using just "Flowers" will get you burried in a list of millions, but using "planting flowers in pots" will put you in a pool with much less people. Now all you have to do is make sure your site actually contains some information about planting flowers in pots, or people who visit your site won't actually stay, and will not return either.
2. Submit Express - Submit Express is a great service that you can utilize for free. They will submit your website to over 20 different search engines including: Google (although I suggest doing Google yourself), AOL Search, Search.com, Jayde and many more. You will need to provide them with a vaild email address also, because many of the search engines will send you an email to validate the submission request. In addition, they will ask you to place a small button on your website that will promote their service. I have their button on the right hand column of this post. They have several other free services such as a PageRank Checker and a Keyword Suggestion Tool. I suggest you visit their site and take advantage of the free services, as well as consider some of their paid services.
Once again, I hope these tips help you. Best wishes on your efforts of making money by blogging.
If these tips helped you, please tell a friend about them, or link back to my site. Thanks.
Dan
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